Favorite cruising related sayings

[Fore and Aft]

Here are some of my favourite boat sayings! (apologies to the mods)
Cheers

[ChrisJHC]

“Hey, Honey, I think I’ve finished all the maintenance jobs!”

[Montanan]

Sink or swim.

Gentlemen don't sail to weather.

[Montanan]

I am sorry for the things I said when docking.

[Yojimbo]

Will someone please explain to me the origin and meaning "Gentleman don't sail to weather". Spilled cocktails, wrong Yacht Club, Elitist Sea- sickness? How do you even make the weather mark on a Yale Regatta Course. Please enlighten me.

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

Will someone please explain to me the origin and meaning "Gentleman don't sail to weather". Spilled cocktails, wrong Yacht Club, Elitist Sea- sickness? How do you even make the weather mark on a Yale Regatta Course. Please enlighten me.

So far as I know, it is because "ladies" don't care for being seasick. Therefore the gentlemen don't sail to windward when milady is on the boat. Does not apply to any form of racing, even by the very wealthy in a country where they have lords and ladies.

For cruising sailors it varies, some consider it a joke. Others think it refers to vessels that have difficulty sailing to windward and therefore crash into the waves under power. The differences come from folks with and without racing backgrounds prior to cruising.


Ann

[pbiJim]

Green to green & red to red
All is well, go ahead
When in danger, or in doubt
Run in circles, scream & shout.

Marriages performed by the skipper of this vessel are good for the duration of the voyage.

If it didn't already pass your lips, it doesn't belong in the head.

2 is one, 1 is none
Translation - I value redundancy in ships systems.

The last thing I do when leaving the boat is check the seacocks & the bilge pumps.

[Yojimbo]

Thank you Anne,

Still doesn't really answer the question for me nor do I think it would explain it to Jean Socrates, Cole Bauer or a few other sailors.

Has always and still does perplex me to rule out half the fun.

[Stingo]

I don´t have a plan and I am sticking to it

[gonesail]

this boat is falling apart faster than i can fix it.

[Dockhead]

Originally Posted by Cheechako

If you're thinking of reefing, IT'S TIME TO REEF!

And the corollary -- if you are thinking of shaking out the reef, have a cup of tea and think about it a while longer.

These rules are not a joke and are really important on boats where you have to go forward to reef, and it takes some time.

Not so relevant for in-mast furling boats where you can reef and unreef in a second and from the cockpit and continuously adjust sail area if necessary.

[Dockhead]

Originally Posted by gonesail

this boat is falling apart faster than i can fix it.

Touche. Ouch.

[GordMay]

“The good seaman weathers the storm he cannot avoid, and avoids the storm he cannot weather.” ~ Unknown

“When the going gets tough, the tough get a compass and a quip." ~ Unknown

“When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.” ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca [AKA: Seneca the Younger]

“Those who are enamoured of practice without science, are like the pilot who embarks in a ship without rudder or compass and who is never certain where he is going.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

[barcoMeCasa]

Heard in anchorage beach bars every happy hour ..

"Man, those guys on sailing web forums don't half talk a load of rubbish.."



And a favourite from the wonderful Randall Reeves>

"Weather forecasts can be very suggestive "

[Kettlewell]

The advice you receive on this forum is worth what you paid for it!